——8:20 p.m.France’s foreign minister said his country is as determined as ever to fight extremist violence in Africa after the French Embassy was targeted in Burkina Faso. Communications minister Remy Danguinou confirmed that Islamic extremists attacked both the French Embassy and the Burkina Faso army headquarters in Ouagadougou. France’s foreign ministry doesn’t confirm whether or not the French embassy and the French Institute in the city were targeted. Witnesses told The Associated Press that they saw five attackers in a pickup truck heading toward the French Embassy. ——This series has been corrected to show that the name of Burkina Faso’s communications minister is spelled Danguinou.

Source: National Post March 02, 2018 12:19 UTC